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Posted by Margolotta on 01/31/06 19:00
Apologies if I'm in the wrong group, but my server doesn't appear to carry a
Mac-specific video group, nor can I find one for Final Cut Pro, which a
friend has lent me because iMovie just wasn't cutting it.
I know next to nothing about shooting video (I'm more of a stills girl) and
have just shot 20 minutes of DV and was shocked to discover that ti's taking
up 4.5GB! I need to edit it (I reckon at least half is surplus to
requirements, if not more), enhance the lighting (it's quite dark and out of
focus as my camcorder - Canon MV400i - seems to have a problem with
autofocus, but I cannot afford to replace it) and compress it so that it's
under 10MB as I need to email (and I have been instructed to email) it to a
friend who has a single-line ISDN connection.
Just thought, the audio could do with enhancing as well as the built-in mic
seems to pick up more background noise than what it's actually supposed to be
recording and, although I thought I was speaking clearly, apparently I
wasn't, and all you can hear are the cars going past the window (I live on a
main road).
Is this possible? FCP has me completely overwhelmed. I'd like to lose as
little quality as possible (though, obviously, I'm going to lose a helluva
lot, compressing it that much!)
I shall be shooting again on Friday (have just had to order another batch of
tapes) and I don't want to run into the same problems, so I need a little
education before then if at all possible.
There are very specific reasons (which I cannot go into here) why it cannot
be stuck on a disc and posted.
Not sure of the FCP version, believe it to be 4.5.
Dual 2.7GHz G5 Power Mac running 10.4.4, if it matters.
Cheers for any assistance
Margo
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